ὕπνος

ὕπνος, ὁ, A. sleep, slumber, Od. 11.245, al. (v. infr.); of the sleep of death, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕ. Il. 11.241; Κάλχανθʼ ὕ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν Hes. Fr. 160 codd.Str.; ὕπνῳ καὶ καμάτῳ ἀρημένος Od. 6.2, cf. 12.281; τάπητες μαλακώτεροι ὕπνω Theoc. 15.125, cf. 5.51.— Special phrases: I. of going to sleep, μιν ἐπήλυθε . . ὕ. Od. 4.793; ἐπὶ . . ὕ. ὄρουσεν Il. 23.232; ἱκάνει 1.610; ἔχει 10.4, etc.; τὸν ὕ. ἔμαρπτε 23.62, al.; ᾕρει 24.4, al.; λαμβάνει S. Ph. 767; opp. ὕπνος ἀνῆκέ τινα Il. 2.71, Od. 19.551, Pl. Prt. 310d: of persons, ὕπνον ἀωτεῖν Il. 10.159, etc.; ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο Od. 16.481, etc.; λαβεῖν Pl. Smp. 223b; κοιμᾶσθαι X. Hier. 6.7; ἡδὺν ὕπνον καθεύδειν Men. Kith.Fr. 1.5; ὕπνου τυχεῖν Ar. Ach. 713; μικρὸν ὕπνου λαχών X. An. 3.1.11; ὕπνου λαχεῖν μέρος Cratin. 218; ἐν ὕπνῳ or ὕπνῳ πεσεῖν to fall a-sleep, Pi. I. 4(3).23(41), A. Eu. 68; εἰς ὕπνον πεσεῖν S. Ph. 826; οὐχ ὕπνῳ γʼ ἐνδόντα (so Badham for εὕδοντά) μʼ ἐξεγείρετε Id. OT 65; also ὕπνῳ δεδμημένος, δαμείς, Il. 10.2, 14.353, etc.; νικώμενος, κρατηθεῖσʼ, A. Ag. 290, Eu. 148 (lyr.); κάτοχος S. Tr. 978 (lyr.); σκεδάσαι . . ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ὕπνον ib.991 (lyr.). 2. of waking from sleep, ἐγεῖραί τινα ἐξ ὕπνου Od. 15.44, etc.: of the sleeper, ἀνόρουσε, ἔγρετο, ἐξ ὕ. Il. 10.162, 2.41; ἐξ ὕ. στῆναι S. Ph. 277; ἀπολακτίσασʼ ὕπνον A. Eu. 141; ἀποσείσασθαι Luc. Tim. 6. 3. with Preps., when the pl. also is not uncommon, ἐν ὕπνῳ in sleep, in a dream, E. IT 44, Pl. R. 476c; ἐν τοῖς ὕ. ib.572b, Sph. 266b, Isoc. 9.21, PCair.Zen. 34.5 (iii B.C.); καθʼ ὕπνον ὄντα S. Tr. 970 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Lg. 800a; καθʼ ὕπνον, κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους, Plu. 2.717e,555b, Alex. 50; περὶ πρῶτον ὕ. about oneʼs first sleep, Ar. V. 31, Th. 2.2; περὶ πρώτους ὕ. Eub. 13; ἀπὸ πρώτου ὕ. Th. 7.43; διὰ μέσων τῶν ὕ. Plu. Them. 28; ἐκ τῶν ὕ. ἐγείρεσθαι Pl. R. 330e: pl., dreams, ὕ. ἀγένητοι Phld. D. 1.22. II. Sleep, as a god, twinbrother of Death, Il. 14.231, 16.672,682; acc. to Hes. Th. 212, son of Night without father. [ῠ by nature, A. Th. 3, Ag. 14,912, etc.; ῡ by position in Ep., etc.] (Cf. Skt. svápati ‘sleep’, Subst. svápnas ‘sleep, dreamʼ; Lat. somnus, sopor, etc.)